Excellent example! Very rarely do you see a individual just shoot out from behind you in a line and by pass a whole queue of people.

Where as in a car you see people mounting a curb/sidewalk to make a right turn to squeeze past the individual in front of them. Or driving into oncoming traffic to get to the left hand turn lane a few seconds sooner. Or my favourite, seeing people stuck in highway traffic choose to off road to leave the highway, as opposed to waiting for the offramp. Meanwhile a crowed of individuals follows causing a unsafe situation for everyone.

Video for context regarding the last point.

https://www.tiktok.com/@oxtailpapi/video/7222122580495453445

I would really like to live in a town/city that does not have this issue. North America really needs to reassess its roadways and infrastructure.

The path to safe infrastructure is usually not just “remove all barriers” but instead “control the flow of traffic”.

On another note all new homes and buildings no longer need fire alarms or sprinklers as deaths related to fire have gone down.

Buildings are not burning down as much as they once did. So no need to spend money and time on fire safety and protection equipment. /s

I would also argue “intent” needs to be taken into account, otherwise the general public would just be walking around destroying public and private property.

For example if a person walks or rushes through a door, and somehow the door falls off or breaks. Then that person should not be responsible for the damage, this would just be standard “wear and tear”.

If that same individual intended to break the same example door with physical force, such as smash the glass, or rip the door off the hinges, then this would be property damage.

Anyways, in no way should a worker have to kneel and beg in any situation, especially when they fear losing their job if they dont make the next delivery.

This article IMO shows a lack of worker protections and on job support within the gig economy. Workers should not have this fear, especially for minimum wage. If something happens to a worker during their shift they should have a direct support line, with support staff ready to assist.

We estimate we can sell up to 80% of airtime before inducing seizures.

Relevant video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpPE85Jogjw

Radio ads were why I switched to Spotify years ago. Though when Spotifys ads started being a little more intrusive I switched to Plex and Plexamp. My next switch may be jellyfin and Finamp.

Correct, Toronto.

The secret to living well, be rich.

You need to do your own research! That aligns with my point of view!!!

All jokes aside, the amount of misinformation on social platforms is mindbogglingly.

For example parents used to tell us when growing up TV would rott our brains. Now our parents have gotten older and they believe everything online is 100% true and fact.

Parts of the internet like TV are for entertainment.

Blame the micro dosing on micro plastics.

These are great for wildlife as they provide a safe crossing over high-speed highways. They are usually design to be in already existing migration paths where moving a proposed highway may not work and not disrupting migration paths is of importance.

Something something, targeted ads?

I wonder whatever happened regarding the Loblows boycott. It seemed to have fizzled out.

Have you ever tried running balls free, same idea.

If he had any decency or moral, Trump should have stepped down himself.

Also, kindly remind everyone with a vagina and everyone who cares about someone with one: This year’s presidential election is about abortion access. Roe vs Wade was repealed by extremist MAGA judges appointed by Trump.

Yup its the only suburban neighbourhood in north America that is completly car free.

Trouble is zoning laws in Ontario and anywhere else in north America prevent cities from building more neighbourhoods like this.

Examples include things like minimum parking requirements, minimum setback, fire codes and even policing all play a part in shaping this. If you ever look at new suburban developments, think how hard its to get a convenience store or small supermarket build right inside the suburb.

Its a shame because we really should not be building suburbs with the same two or three single family homes repeated over and over, its really inefficient. We should start having townhomes, fourplexes, small 4-5 level mixed use condos, subways and trams with busways incorporated. Existing suburban layouts should also start adding missing middle housing inside whereever possible by changing zoning.

“Pedestrian streets” are not really “new”, it’s just something that we as North Americans have forgotten about.

We see large Walmart parking lots as normal and 6 lane “strodes” as nothing weird in cities and suburbs.

“When cities are designed with mostly drivers in mind, they tend to be built for commuters and not residents, making them less attractive to live in or even visit outside of work.”

Cities need to be designed for the people and families that live there. Not people driving in from the suburbs.

Also, I wonder if NewYork will ever consider doing what Amsterdam did (in the 1970~1980) to combat its traffic issues (caused by car), and only allow pedestrian/cycaling traffic.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3052699/these-historical-photos-show-how-amsterdam-turned-itself-into-a-bike-riders-paradise

Your right, its sad because its true.

But when people walk across a pedestrian bridge society profits. Healthier population both physically and mentally. Greater happiness and less stress. Less pollution, pretty much all these benefits put less “burden” on peoples pockets financially, either both directly and indirectly through taxs.

Unfortunately probably all hard to quantify though.

Its a shame when projects like these are cancelled. It really shows how “car centric” North America can be in that a simple pedestrian bridge is harder to build and costs more then one designed for cars.

In a time when we should really be shifting to a more “pedestrian focused” design and “livable cities” in general, project like these are in the correct direction.

Condos need to be built for families, give me more three or four bedrooms in the city, and make it more affordable.

Condo developers can’t build these affordable three or four bedrooms though, because on average these layouts are about 20% larger in size to their comparable European unit layout. This is all to due to building code, and something called “point access layout” vs “common corridor layout”.

If we could get more families in the city buy making costs comparable in sq/ft to a single family home in the suburb we could make cities more enjoyable and give people a better sense of belonging, as opposed to just commuting in for a few hours.